Stephen R. Covey's book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, has been a top seller for the simple reason that it ignores trends and pop psychology for proven principles of fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity. Celebrating its 15th year of helping people solve personal and professional problems, this special anniversary edition includes a new foreword and afterword written by Covey that explore whether the 7 Habits are still relevant and answer some of the most common questions he has received over the past 15 years.

Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World

Popular blogger Cal Newport reveals the new key to achieving success and true meaning in professional life: the ability to master distraction. Many modern knowledge workers now spend most of their brain power battling distraction and interruption, whether because of the incessant pinging of devices, noisy open-plan offices or the difficulty of deciding what deserves their attention the most. When Cal Newport coined the term deep work on his popular blog, Study Hacks, in 2012, he found the concept quickly hit a nerve.

The Personal MBA: Master the Art of Business

Josh Kaufman founded PersonalMBA.com as an alternative to the business school boondoggle. His blog has introduced hundreds of thousands of readers to the best business books and most powerful business concepts of all time. Now, he shares the essentials of entrepreneurship, marketing, sales, negotiation, operations, productivity, systems design, and much more, in one comprehensive volume. The Personal MBA distills the most valuable business lessons into simple, memorable mental models that can be applied to real-world challenges.

Derrick says:"Good book"

Publisher's Summary

In the nutshell, Job Interview Patterns solves the mystery that often crops up in any job interview: "Why am I being asked this question?" Knowing what the interviewer is looking for will build confidence and lead the job seeker to the most effective answer. Toward this end, we have analyzed thousands of interview questions and have prepared best answers to 100 most common behavioral interview questions to share with you.

This book have a few interesting points like in the beginning when explain how to use the fear of loosing to answer the why should we hire you question, other than that shows some irrelevant questions with no logical order.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Sobhi Akbik

Dubai

6/11/14

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Performance

Story

"A Must Have book for all"

Would you listen to Job Interview Patterns again? Why?

Yes, as every time I listen to it I learn something new

What did you like best about this story?

very practical and has direct effect on our daily actions

Which scene was your favorite?

This is questions and answers book written by very wise and talented person. It addresses what employer wants to hear from the candidate during the interview, On the other hand, the employer can't fake answers as they are based on actual behavior experience. <br/>In short it teach others how to present themselves perfectly during the interview

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

It make me think seriously in translating it to my mother tongure Arabic so the people in the ME will benefit from it

Any additional comments?

Thank you Mr. Aleksey Sinyagin for this nice book.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Richard M.

19/02/16

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Performance

Story

"Sucks bad"

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

People that speak in super sophisticated language all the time. The narrator was pleasant but other than that the book only had a handful of tidbits of useful info. I want my money back for the first time in the history of using audible.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Not this

Which character – as performed by Todd Gaddy – was your favorite?

None

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Any additional comments?

This book sucks<br/>

0 of 3 people found this review helpful

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